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Hi All,

Can anyone explain the difference?

clffdvr

>>Hi All,
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>>Can anyone explain the difference?
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>>clffdvr

Different species.
Mexican redknee = Brachypelma smithi
Mexican redleg = Brachypelma emilia

Care is about the same, B. emilia are more stocky and a little less prone to flicking hair.

Are you looking for something more specific than that?
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KJ Vezino
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More specific? Like male/female morphological differences? I don't think so at this time. I treat these guys like princes, but only for display. One thing I could do is build two larger habitats, with some eucalyptus bark on the ground.

Does my Red actually need deep substrate? Does my arboreal White Knee'd Bird Eating T need it too? I would assume (but I won't really assume, I'll find out from you-all or some other experts) they don't need to burrow deeply, as they are adapted to living up off the ground.

The only thing that niggles at me is that I read somewhere that male B. smithii don't live as long as the females. I don't know if the females have a 15 year life, implying the males have 7 - 8 years, or if females have shorter lives, and the males might live only a few years. I bet I can search for that info and find the answers.

My t's could use some more of my faint enthusiasm. About six months ago I had to re-home my two favorite lizards and two very cool dogs so I could move into a dwelling I could actually afford, but allows no pets. I think I'm still a little frustrated and a bit depressed about that. I've got to be careful to not let my mood make me forget to feed the spiders for too long, or some other neglect. They need the whole me.

I have a book about t's, but I hope it's not stuffed with BS as so many of the Green Iguana pet-store books are. Hatfield and Melissa Kaplan are the only book authors who actually tell the truth.

Roger

...to write. But deep thanks for your help.

Roger